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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Act, give notice to the Treasurer of his intention to export
canned and cured fish with a view to applying for a bonus,
and shall append to such notice a copy of such trade-mark;
and all cases, barrels, or cans containing fish cured and
canned for export by any such person shall, before exporta-
tion, be marked with the trade-mark so registered by him,
and no part of any such bonus shall be payable except in
respect of cases, barrels, or cans so marked.

Progress-payments for Exported Fish.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 24th September, 1886.

WITH reference to the notification in the New Zealand
Gazette of the 12th November, 1885, respecting the
payment of bonuses to persons who prepare canned and
cured fish for export under regulations published on the
same date, it is hereby notified that progress-payments on
account of such bonuses, claimed in accordance with those
regulations, will now be made by this department. Claims
to be for quantities not less than one ton net weight, and to
be sent through the Collector of Customs at the port from
which the fish was exported.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Rewards offered for the Discovery of New Goldfields.—
Amended Conditions.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 16th March, 1885.

REWARDS are offered for the discovery of new gold-
fields, upon the conditions set forth hereunder, payable
out of the parliamentary vote of £2,500.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

AMENDED CONDITIONS.

1. THE maximum sum offered as a reward for any proved
   discovery of a new goldfield in accordance with these condi-
   tions is £500; but, if the total sum claimed as rewards in
   any one year exceeds the parliamentary vote, the amount
   available only will be divided equally.

2. The newly-discovered goldfield, if in alluvial ground,
   must be situated not less than ten miles from the nearest
   alluvial gold-workings, or, if in quartz, not less than five miles
   from the nearest existing quartz-mines.

3. No grant will be paid upon any application until it
   shall have been proved that not less than 20,000 ounces of
   gold have been extracted from the new goldfield within two
   years from the registration of the discovery, if in alluvial
   workings, and, if in quartz-workings, proof of a similar yield
   from this source within three years from such registration
   will be required.

4. Any person discovering new gold-workings, and being
   desirous of obtaining a reward, shall immediately forward a
   written report of such discovery, with full particulars, to the
   Warden or Resident Magistrate of the district within which
   such discovery shall be situated, and the Warden or Resident
   Magistrate shall forthwith register the report as an applica-
   tion for reward.

5. No prospecting is allowed upon Native land without the
   approval in writing of the Native Minister, or of some one
   appointed by him in that behalf.

Prospectors going upon Native land without the consent
of the owners are liable to the penalties imposed by the Acts
relating to goldfields, and will forfeit all claim to reward.

Additional Regulation as to Payment of Rewards for Dis-
covery of New Goldfields.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 28th June, 1886.

THE following additional regulation for the payment of
rewards for the discovery of new goldfields, recom-
mended by the Goldfields Committee on the 22nd June, 1886,
having been adopted by the Government, is published for
general information.

This regulation applies to the notifications published in
the New Zealand Gazette of the 19th March and 29th
October, 1885, offering rewards for gold discoveries.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

ADDITIONAL REGULATION.

No claim for a reward for the discovery of gold will be con-
sidered by the Goldfields Committee unless such claim be
made within one year from the date of the discovery.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 11th July, 1887.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders
is published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

LYELL BRIDGE CONTRACT.

Accepted.

J. and A. Anderson, Christchurch .. .. 8,957 0 0

Declined.

D. McIntire and Co., Dunedin .. .. 10,385 8 9
T. H. Downes, Dunedin .. .. 10,393 16 6
H. Daulby and Co., Dunedin .. .. 11,684 0 0
Alexander and Macfarlane, Wanganui .. 11,730 12 2
R. McKenzie and Co., Greymouth .. .. 12,286 0 0
J. McLean and Sons, Auckland .. .. 12,446 18 0
Perotti and Fraser, Greymouth .. .. 13,059 11 0

Officiating Ministers for 1887.—Notice No. 14.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 13th July, 1887.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth
year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled
"The Marriage Act, 1880," the following name of an Officiat-
ing Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published
for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend Henry Adamson.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1887.

THE Hawke's Bay Lodge, No. 45, situated at Napier, is
registered as a branch of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under "The
Friendly Societies Act, 1882," this 7th day of July, 1887.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Automatic Horse-shoe and
Horse-shoeing.

Gustav Dillberg, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New
Zealand, Electrician, has deposited at this office a specifica-
tion of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday,
the 20th day of September next, at 11 o'clock in the fore-
noon, at this office, to hear the said application and all
objections thereto; and I require all persons having an
interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to
leave, on or before the 5th day of September next, at this
office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said
application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the
same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.
No. 2404.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for a Washing-machine, termed
"The Boss Washer."

John Watt, of Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand,
Tinsmith, has deposited at this office a specification of
the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the
20th day of September next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at
this office, to hear the said application and all objections
thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in op-
posing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before
the 5th day of September next, at this office, particulars
in writing of their objections to the said application, other-
wise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.
No. 2405.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Machinery
for the Manufacture of Paper-bags.